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Some people have brought up the fact that they won't vote if the eventual nominee
is not the person they wanted. I just want to put something in perspective.
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> > Justice Scalia's seat is vacant.
> >
> > Ginsberg is 82 years old
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> > Kennedy is 79
> >
> > Breyer is 77
> >
> > Thomas is 67.
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> > Nowadays, the data shows that the average age of a Supreme Court retirement
or death occurs after 75.
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> > These are 5 vacancies that will likely come up over the next 4-8 years. The next
> > President will have the power to potentially create a 7-2 Supreme Court skewed in their ideology.
> >
> > Think about that...7-2.
> > If the next President appoints 5 young justices, it will****guarantee control
of the Supreme Court for an entire generation. And 7-2 decisions will hold up much more over time than 5-4 decisions which are viewed as lacking in mandate.
> >
> > Hillary has made it clear she will use the Supreme Court to go after the 2nd Amendment. She has literally said that the Supreme Court was wrong in its Heller decision stating that the Court
> should overturn and remove the individual right to keep and bear arms. Period.
> >
> > Anyone and Everyone who is saying that they won't vote for one candidate or the
other if they are the GOP nominee, please realize this. Hear this! If Hillary Clinton wins
and gets to make these appointments, you likely will never see another conservative victory at the Supreme Court level for the rest of your life, Ever.
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> > Whoever is the GOP nominee ... go VOTE for the GOP Nominee!
> >
> > Remember Romney? Three million conservatives who had voted for McCain did
not cast a vote for Romney (for whatever reason) .... and the result was four additional years of B.H.O.
> >
> > AND ONE FINAL THOUGHT ,she's already on the record as saying that her buddy, B.H.O. "would make a great Supreme Court Justice."
> >
> > DID YOU JUST READ THAT LAST
> > SENTENCE??????? NOW ARE YOU
> > SCARED????
 
Let's be clear:
Presidents Do Not Fill Supreme Court Vacancies. Congress fills Supreme Court Vacancies. A President only nominates someone to fill a Supreme Court vacancy.

Congress has already shown they will not do their job when it comes to Supreme Court vacancies: We have a vacancy now that congress refuses to fill.
 
True, but a little arm bending and side deals by the prez may still come into play.... some are feeling a little paranoia too.

Per Ginsberg.

“I can’t imagine what the country would be with Donald Trump as our president,” she said. “For the country, it could be four years. For the court, it could be — I don’t even want to contemplate that.”

As The Hill adds, Ginsburg, 83, said she will not leave her job “as long as I can do it full steam.” But she mentioned that that Justices Anthony M. Kennedy and Stephen G. Breyer are no longer young, alluding to the effect the presidential election will have on the court.

As the NYT adds, her colleagues have said nothing in public about the presidential campaign or about Mr. Obama’s stalled nomination of Judge Merrick B. Garland to the Supreme Court. But Justice Ginsburg was characteristically forthright, offering an unequivocal endorsement of Judge Garland to fill the vacancy left by the death of Antonin Scalia.

“I think he is about as well qualified as any nominee to this court,” she said. “Super bright and very nice, very easy to deal with. And super prepared. He would be a great colleague.”

Asked if the Senate had an obligation to assess Judge Garland’s qualifications, her answer was immediate. “That’s their job,” she said. “There’s nothing in the Constitution that says the president stops being president in his last year.”

We now await Trump's tweeted response, together with Bader Ginsburg's one-way ticket to Wellington fedexed courtesy of the Trump campaign
 
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